Kathe Jacob

Health & Wellbeing Manager,Age UK Kensington & Chelsea

kjacob@aukc.org.uk0208 960 8137

Age UK Dementia Services

Offer specialist support services for people with dementia

• One to one – visiting people at home• Group activities

• Unique role of memory advisor

JSNA issues and our services

• Emphasis on diagnosis, but what next?(post diagnostic care)

• Making sense of services: “whole systems”(cohesion and collaboration)

• Supporting family carers around their lives(support and empower carers)

Issues affecting people with memory loss

• Diagnosis and loss of personhood

Isolation and professional “friends” – impact of the condition

Lack of community awareness and understanding of symptoms

Investing in the voluntary sector

• What we do so well• Enough staff for the scale of need?

• Transport for frail elderly – physical support for 85+• Quality of care in care homes• Free respite – to free up carers